The hell are you talking about? You have a better site to get that kind of exposure for your sales and a facilitated transaction process with feedback? Go use it. The rest of us find it worth the fees, hence eBay's continued success.

Wrong. More like about 8%. While expensive, eBay isn't THAT high. Go use a fee calculator like I linked above.... selling a laptop for $900 shipped would result in around an 8.1% fee between paypal & ebay together, or $72.90 on the 900.

I haven't used fleaBay in years.
What are the typical fees on say a laptop with final selling price of $900?

wow 12% for a laptop sale of $900 thats $107.40 total. I swear ebay and paypal make easy money by doing nothing!

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Wrong. More like about 8%. While expensive, eBay isn't THAT high. Go use a fee calculator like I linked above.... selling a laptop for $900 shipped would result in around an 8.1% fee between paypal & ebay together, or $72.90 on the 900.

wow 12% for a laptop sale of $900 thats $107.40 total. I swear ebay and paypal make easy money by doing nothing!

That's wrong, both cost-wise and the "doing nothing" part. A sale of $900 including shipping comes to a $46.50 ebay fee including insertion/final value, plus a $26.40 paypal fee. That's a total of $72.90, or ~8.1%. Additionally, they provide exposure like no other site can manage as an outlet for people to list on, and provide a good checkout system for customers, a smooth feedback system, and confidence to buyers. Go toss up your stuff on a random domain you make and see how well it sells... .

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how did you get 8%? I used the fee calculator and got 11.93%

Default settings, with category "Electronics/Computers". $900 BIN price on a fixed-price listing. I never use auction format due to the higher fees and risk of non-paying bidders. With fixed price and immediate payment required, things go smoothly. Your original figure was right for an auction format, as it turns out.... which is exorbitantly high, but still often worth it. I agree the fees are up there, more than they should be. However, I've yet to find a better way to sell my random stuff overall, so for me it's worth it.

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